Don't Quit

Jeremiah 33:3
3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Mark 11:24
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

I didn’t give you that promise…God gave it to you.

Winston Churchill….never give up! The entirety of his speech was “never give up”. It was impacting…only three words.

Hebrews 10:35-38
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward.
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
37 For yet, a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

After you’ve done the will of God, you need patience. He didn’t say that after you’ve done the will of God then suddenly God will pour out the promise….he said it is going to take some patience. Even after doing the will of God, you still need patience.

Don’t lose heart and abort the plan that God has for your life! I am telling you, don’t give up and don’t give in….don’t quit!

Endurance, determination, grit, fortitude, determination, prevailing, perseverance. Don’t’ quit!

Ministry is a Must!

Matthew 20:28
28: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

We need a revelation of personal ministry. A determination to minister like we’ve never ministered before. Why?

1. Ministry is how we are like Jesus.
2. Ministry is the key to personal and kingdom fulfilment.

You don’t have to have an assignment to minister. You don’t have to wait until someone gives you a ministry.

You don’t need to have an assignment to purchase a CD of a sermon for someone who could use it.

You don’t need a title to pick some groceries up for someone who is going through a hard time.

You don’t need a position to “prayer walk” your community, visit someone in hospital, visit the nursing home, make a call of encouragement.

We need to see ourselves as ministry! Jesus came to minister, not to be ministered to!

Joseph was in prison and it wasn’t even his fault. He refused to look at his problems and mistakes. When the kings men came to prison he ministered to them. Do you know what got him up there in the kingdom? It was his sensitivity to the needs of those he met in prison. That's ministry!

We all deal with failures and mistakes. But even in those times we must continue to minister. There is tremendous joy and satisfaction when we get our focus off ourselves and onto ministry.

The reason why some people can’t move into a fulfilled life is because they don’t minister! They are always focused on themselves. Satan said “I will exalt myself”. Selfishness is satanic.

There is liberating power and revelation in ministry! For some people the only thing standing between them and peace/fulfilment is a renewed desire to minister to others and take the focus off themselves.

What are the real needs in people’s lives. Salvation, redemption, the blood of Jesus. But the gateway to these real needs is through the felt needs. Focus on the felt needs and then move to the real need. It will move you into a fulfilled life! Reach out to somebody!If you want to feel like your life matters….then reach out to somebody!

That's my five minutes!